Where Are the Stars? See How Light Pollution Affects Night Skies | Short Film Showcase
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2016
- Of the many ways Earth is polluted, light pollution may be the least talked about. It's not an illusion; astronomers measure it from one to nine on the Bortle scale, and earlier this year, one study suggested that light pollution may be causing spring to come earlier. This short film, shot mainly in California by Sriram Murali, goes through all the levels of the scale, showing how the view of the cosmos gets better in less light-polluted areas.
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There should be a day every year where we turn off all city lights and admire the unfiltered sky
I wish there was.
I wish so to. Though, I don’t think that the excess light simply ceases once the lights are turned off.
BLM would love that
@@jimle8444 no because the sky wouldn't be black xD
@@goose3869 that's not how it works
can't believe such a beautiful sight passes above me EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
but due to light pollution i've missed it every single day of my life.
Well exept when its cloudy :P
Epic Troll it still passes above the clouds
Tunir007 yea
Epic Troll lol 😁
It is impossible for your eyes to see the sky the way it’s shown in the video even if you went to the darkest regions of space.
I don't want a city full of lights. I want this.
Same here
Same
then move
Move to Iceland and Greenland
as abäff sö belövv
AS a person who loves space and stars, this is heartbreaking
Me too
Fr me too
true
Real
as a mother nature lover
it's so heartbreaking because i wanted to see the low pollution lights so bad my dream is to watch the sky and relax
When light pollution hides the stars, we too easily forget we live on a planet flying through space. The best show on Earth is the stars!
yup,sometimes we are to busy for nature that actually is relaxing to see the stars
The sad truth is, that most people live their _entire_ lives without realizing that they're living in this awesome universe.
@@huzzzer6083 But maybe one day we won't just stop being able to see the stars, but even make it impossible to launch rockets due to space debris...
@@falafeldurum2095 There are plans to remove up to 60% of unused waste in low Earth orbit. I really hope it is going to be successful because I really want to go to space.
@@huzzzer6083 Good luck!
Me too
This video is NOT exaggerated.
I went on a wilderness canoe trip in Canada a few years ago and one night their was no moon and no clouds and I saw EVERYTHING. No one believed me but I could see everything... the colors, the milky way, and many more stars than I though possible with the naked eye. It inspired me to become a night photographer. Don't believe what anyone says, the sky CAN look like this and it is life changing.
"This video is NOT exaggerated. "
Yes it is.
It literally stacks the light of an image on top of itself many times to make it look brighter than it is.
You are right and wrong at the same time.
Yea they either had stacked images or a bunch of 30 secondish exposure photographs in order for the camera to capture the stars. They most likely saturated the shots a little also, but that is necessary to make it look real. Note I am talking about the camera and not the human eye.
The human eye is able to see all this stuff without having to mess with the exposure or adjusting the saturation. Until you go out in the middle of no where (I was 70 miles away from the closest building with electricity) and look up at the sky then there is no moon, you cant say I am wrong. The night sky just looked fake with how colorful and crystal clear all the stars where. It changed my life man.
I literally live in a 0 light pollution zone, I know that it looks like, and it's not anything like this video.
If I were to put in on the scale this video is using, 5-6 at best.
I don't know then. Maybe it was because there less atmosphere close to the poles so what I saw was cleaner? Maybe my eyes where properly adjusted to the dark? All I know is what I saw.
If you actually do live in a 0 light pollution zone try this. Head out far away from any lights on a night where their is no moon and wait without any lights. Late around midnight you should see this and your eyes should be adjusted enough to see this.
All I know is what happened in my situation. In the middle of the night I woke up and had to take a shit and laid their for a while, gazing off into the woods and trying to decide if it was worth the effort of getting out of my warm sleeping bag. Finally I got up and and went to go find a nice tree. While walking over I remember someone telling me to look up if I was ever up in the middle of the night, and that is what I saw.
Like I said, I dont know if I got the perfect conditions or what, but it is totally possible to see a night sky like that.
Ethan D yes agreed I have seen it...and that is the most beautiful thing I have seen in my life..
I cried while watching this. Being born and brought up in a really busy city, I have never been fortunate to see a sky like this ever. It’s my dream to see these beautiful skies some day
Same
Cried? Lmao
If you wanna see dark sky most welcome to my hometown
I was fortunate enough to be born in a rural area, i get to see class 3/4 almost every night
Yup same... I think I haven't see Milky Way directly in the Night Sky or that many stars before...
so, this is the sky that people from centuries ago see
the sky is literally a time machine to the past
@andy Roma so true
Not really you dont see the milky way THAT big and in these amazing colors its just the camera
@@laurenzmaier2753 I've been to Atacama and it looks like that
@@mr.ditkovich6379 you must be a lucky person
I’ve been on this planet for 14 years and I’ve never seen the Milky Way before. Only on the internet and science books
Same
Im 12 and going to a dark sky park in 2 weeks, which just means im lucky. Around 80-90 percent of people wont get to see a dark sky before they turn 18 from what ive read, which is sad. People need to pay more attention to this stuff.
@BEHOLD!! We made the mistake of not going on a new moon and couldn't see the milky way. It was still beautiful though!
im lucky because i got to se stars without light pollution and it was beautiful
Same to me, I wish I could see the Milky Way one day :D
I don't know why but this video made me cry. So beautiful. I need to see this in real life some day.
Chloe_Aku it’s sad that we haven’t seen something that’s above us every night
same here.
agreed
Dang I thought I was the only person who wanted to cry at how beautiful the universe is.
I miss them. I haven't see any of it now... :(
Every single time I saw a photo of a sky with no pollution I always thought it was a filter that could see better than the human eye and the first time someone told me this was real I seriously thought they were joking. Its sad to know you cant see a beautiful event that happens right above your head every night. I wish one day I would be able to see the night sky unfolding right before my eyes.
Facts
Well exactly the same thing with me, i always thought it was edited to look good but it turns out it isnt well now its ny dream to visit such a place where i can see this
Well yes but no. It isn't fake but it won't look as clear as in the video. The video is shot on a camera using low exposure.
I used to think how it was possible for ancient civilizations to navigate with the stars until I saw a picture of the unmolested night sky, and my mind was immediately blown and that question was answered in an instant, I've wanted to see a clear night sky ever since
If you just want to see the pole star. You can still see it at light pollution level 8.
I grew up in a small town in Wyoming, and got to enjoy the awesome sky every night. Always had an appreciation for the universe, and how we're just some tiny speck of dust in the grand scheme of things. Then I moved out of state to a large city for college and suddenly it was gone, and I realized how easy it is to lose perspective of things. When I've tried to have conversations with friends about it or talk about the sky, no one cares, and they have no idea what they're missing. It's a bit sad.
People are beginning to wake up and the Night Sky Programs at parks can help. One has to experience it to really care, I guess. Thankfully some of us have.
I feel exactly the same
I really get sad when I realize that I've already missed the night sky, the one that used to be covered with stars like dusts. It's hard to see it in personal now that I'm living not so far away from the city
I've lived in NYC my whole life. I'm gonna be leaving soon. Seeing the night sky, in real life, has been a dream of mine for so long.
I went to Australia last year and most of the time the night sky was amazing. But I live in the Netherlands so fml😭😭😂😂
This should be on people's bucket list.
It is on mine haha
Omg it is on mine too! Hope I can find a place like this someday
💯💯 to see this and the northern lights at at least one point in my life hopefully🙏
It’s on my list
I was born on greenland in the mid 80's i habe been so blessed to have seen it with my own eyes. We moved to Denmark in 98. An i was so confussed because most of the nightsky was gone. When i told my new friends how a nightsky should Realy look like, they called me crazy. Hehe well i can promise you its just incredible an i hope you all see it One day. ✌😊
So you telling me cavemen back in the day saw this every night?
yeah
Nomadic people and tribal people and people who live right next to empty landscapes probably still see the sky like this
Reject modern society, return to pre-Neolithic ages.
right up until we started using widespread gas and electric lighting. With the spread of cheap LEDs it's rapidly getting worse
@Calais Xiong wrong bro come to my town and I promise you will be able to see them even better than that of the picture shows
"Imagine if the stars came out once every thousand years. Everyone would die to see them. New religions would be created overnight.
Instead, they come out every night, and we choose to ignore the majesty of creation."
Wonder who you quoted that from, but it's nice.
there needs to be just one night every 5 years or so, where they shut all the lights of in America (obviously won't affect generators) and let people see the true beauty of the night sky... It's seriously sad that people actually think this is fake.
CoaS Gaming would cause chaos
We have this here in Ireland, all lights for one day in honor of "green earth" are shut off for one hour at night. The towns that do it fully, including here is absolutely amazing!
Every five years? More like once or twice a year.
Daniel Hernandez If you think people can't go an hour without city lights, then humans really are weak.
StarlightKY True
I'm in the Royal Navy and lucky that whilst at sea we can sail in total darkness (excluding basic navigation lights). To look up at the stars at night is a gift!!!
I'm jealous
other alternative is to go to north korea...
English guy
@@hehe8948 so what
Can you record a video of stars at night on ship?
I'm getting goosebumps while watching this... it's truly wonderful to see the space above us.
I feel bad for those living in urban/sub urban areas not witnessing this beauty...and I'm one of them.
Now I understand why our ancestors admired and got inspired from the stars.
every time i look outside at the night sky all i see is planes i don’t even see a glance of a star
Same and it's so sad
same but instead of nothing i only see our neighbour planets (venus,mars,jupiter)
Same..
I always see a single star
Not even getting a chance to see the milky way...
It can be found in less polluted areas, such as near mountains, where there is less commercial outrage, but more natural. It can be admired throughout the night.
It has to be clear weather (no clod) and you need to see the sky for like 15 minutes, so your eyes can adjust with the low light environment
I've seen this, August 2005 in Australia, about half way along the 8 hour road trip from Adelaide to Melbourne. It was very late, there was zero light pollution as far as the eye could see on a very flat landscape and I looked out of the window up at the sky and I could not believe what I was seeing. I asked my friend to stop the car for a while so we could appreciate it better. I've seen pictures in books but I always assumed you needed a telescope to see the Milky Way. One of the best experiences of my life.
yea i hope i see it someday
I am physics lover but I didn't watch so far this cluster .you were lucky
Wow. I live in Perth, Australia and the light pollution is 7 which I mean it’s still sad but I can’t imagine living in Los Angeles where they have a light pollution of 9
I live in class 8-9. When i was a about 11 we went on a holiday to NZ and in NZ we staid for a week at a very remote place where there was class 2. I didnt knew much about light polution back then but i will never forget the sights at night. One of the most prettiest thing i ever saw. It felt like i could see the entire universe.
Dang lucky
2:08 I got really emotional, I really thought those pics I saw on the internet were just photoshopped I've never seen the true beauty of the sky at night without light pollution, I really need to see it at least once before I die, I can't believe we're missing this fantastic view everyday.
You do not actually see the sky like this, these photos are taken via long exposure using a camera. But the sky in areas with low light pollution is still very nice, with thousands of stars visible and the milky way being seen as a gray band across the sky, as long as the moon hasnt risen. But in areas with nearly no light pollution, the sky looks very beautiful, almost like the pictures, just a bit less colorful.
i also liked to see
@@joe-ib1wn aight thx joe
if you went to see the milky way, is a lot more beautiful then the image caught in this video, there is so much more colors
It is photoshop too
I still remember as a kid when I used to study in a Hostel School in a far off village at a time in India when powercuts were so common. Me with my friends looking at the sky in amazement. That sight is still as clear as a daylight in my mind whenever I remember. I wish to see that sight of billions of stars twinkling again once. I'm ready to travel more than a thousand miles where I can watch that night sky again and experience the stars that lit up my childhood again after so many years of separation.
It may sound obvious but it just hit me that I'm watching the Earth spin. Holy shit.
It is on my bucket list to go to the most least light-polluted place and just gaze at a view like in Number 1. It's fascinating to just stare at a view like that and think about the universe, and just how insignificant the earth is among billions of other planets in our galaxy.
dude I legit cried when I saw this, I've lived in NYC my whole life and have never traveled far enough to experience this
no sure where you are located but on the East coast US there is Cherry Springs State Park in PA. It is one of only a handful International Dark Sky Parks in the US. If you are on the west coast, there are more options to choose from!
Im in the heart of NYC and due to my job and what not I never get to travel but im sure gonna make an effort to
You are not alone, it takes ALOT for me to cry but this stuff right here hit me through my emotional shield for some reason. The music plays a big role in this video as well :-).
SAVING THE DARK
Millions of children will never see a sky full of stars. The night skies remind us of our place in the Universe. It gives us identity, makes us feel a connection. Think of all the great minds that gazed up at the night sky and were inspired by it. We've lost the potential for thousands of great minds.
yes
God said to overpopulate the earth and multiply like a tree. he has created so many things for us but we didn’t consider appreciating it and new gens wont be able to see the most magnificent thing god has created, the galaxy :D
Blame the rise of Technology Age. People will worship technology like gods
Im 12 and im sad
True bro🥺🥺🥺
I would go out every night that I wasn't on watch, onto the fantail of my ship, every night to see this as we crossed the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Having grown up in a heavily light-polluted area, I'd never seen anything like it and I never have since. Our industrialized society has robbed us of such a basic part of our shared humanity - the ability to look up at the night sky and see something greater than ourselves, something that isn't the darkness that we hide from. Thank you for bringing back this lovely memory, and for helping to inspire my children to both observe the beauty of space, and to preserve the natural beauty of the Earth so that we can continue to observe the stars.
Can't believe people used to see this everyday a few hundred years ago
actually it could have looked like this as early as anytime before the industrial revolution
well technically not everyday, you will see it if the sky is clear, what that means is that there is no clouds to block it
I knew I lived in a heavily polluted area when I thought 7 was gorgeous
@Cornell Enoch Same
I don't get it. 7 stars?
@@farhanaditya2647 light pollution level 7
@@arushiajmani747 OH Lol 😂
When I was deployed to Iraq, We were in the middle of nowhere. The sky looked like this.
I'm from Iraq where could you see that?!
@its impossible to make me angry I willllll
I am from Iraq but sadly I've never been to the desert in the night .....
@@ramona9812 Simple just go to the western desert ( Nineveh , Anbar , Najaf , Muthana )
@Elvis Gaming ROBLOX please dont bring any political in here
So the sky at night is actually this beautiful? I wish someday we can all see it! 😭
I saw it one time in a small village in India. I was so shocked to see that the sky actually looks so spectacular. There was pitch dark everywhere and I could see all the stars. It was amazing
Where?
@@plasmak3297 In small village in India
which village?
It was me
Level 5 : Wow! So Beautiful
Level 3 : There's an another World too
Level 2 : Holy Sh+t! I might fall of the Edge
Level 1 : Tell me I'm not on Earth
What about level 4
@@RedFox-dj7di 4 doesn't matter to him
🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️🤦♂️
I seriously feel like I am on the other planet and flying through the space.
We literally haven't seen the night sky in it's real form
I wont die without seeing this
You not alone
@@mukrizhsmukmuk9252 tell me the place i will come for this beautiful stargazing
Me too guys !
Go to villagr
My family and I are planning to move out to orange/green/blue light pollution
When i was 5-7 years old i lived in a small town for 2 years away from my city, and I still remember those days when I could see lots of stars whenever I walked with my mother or father during nights with my dog(my dog has passed away), this brought back some old memories, after I complete college and get a job, i'll go to the rural or city outskirts whenever possible to watch these beautiful stars again
This is how our ancestors saw every night. Sitting outside and singing their lovely lullaby. I doubt it was more beautiful than level pollution 1 now
i once had a major whole city blackout during my campus stay and i definitely can see the milky way. The sky was perfect and clear. Unfortunately, most of the students didnt take the chance to look up at the sky during that time and instead used their flashlight from their phones to light the roads. I guess they really missed their once in a lifetime chance to view the milky way with their naked eye
Kiwi It’s not exactly once in a lifetime. If u learn about it, take interest, then go out into a wilderness area, then u can just watch the best natural light show!
@@starrytwilight9540 we shouldn't have to go to designated areas to see something we were supposed to see every night. It should be a every night in a life time deal.
@@cain8628 People need to travel at night, hence the lights. Safety is more important than a light show, even if it is really awesome. Going to designated areas for the price of a plane ticket is worth it for the safety of people driving.
@@squidblaster3327 love how you called one of the most natural things, at it's most natural state, how it was SUPPOSED to be, a "light show", nice.
@@cain8628 This does not address the actual argument I made. Try again.
i can watch this every day whole day
then you can check out this timelapse video on the sea too ua-cam.com/video/AHrCI9eSJGQ/v-deo.html
U can? Where in the world are u?!?!!
Whole day? Do you live in the moon?
Thank you for making many people realize the light pollution through shooting night skies at different pollution levels.
Our eyes can't see the colors of the milky at night without the aid of a camera. I live in a level 2 zone and I'm no stranger to using a camera to see the colors of the night sky. Simply put, the cones in our eyes need a certain amount of light to see color. Very few objects in the night sky emit enough light to see those colors. I've been to a few observatories through out the States and never seen that much color. Just look at the back ground of the videos and see how detail you get. Last time I was outside during a new moon phase, I could hardly make out any detail nearby. It's a great video showcasing what is above us every night. Looking at the planets and celestial objects through a telescope is an amazing sight.
After seeing this i feel that half of my life has wasted. 😔
a complete backout is needed so we can witness such a beauty of the Universe.
Light light go away....😖
yes blackout for days is needed
@@level1dawg458 ok daddy 😀
@@level1dawg458 who
Cares
Earth hosts a magnificent star show EVERYDAY and for FREE !!!!!!
I really really want to see this live
Seriously, this astonishingly beautiful universe filled with stars, galaxies, planets etc. puts on this show every single night, then tops it off with a beautiful sunrise, and basically nobody can see or wants to see :(
Oh, I can imagine companies profiting out of the lefting places like that :(
You can go to big bend national park
Cross the firmament
And you will see what is not there
It’s so important that light pollution be addressed. It’s often overshadowed by litter, air pollution, and water pollution. All need to be fixed.
i agree wholeheartedly, fellow budgie
I’ll never forget when visiting the Negev Desert in southern Israel looking at the night sky and seeing the Milky Way for the first time. I was literally in awe. I was laying on a log (meant for sitting) at the hostel staring at the night sky for hours. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen
Palestine*
I'd rather it be pitch black and be able to look up EVERY! night and see something like this, maybe we'd appreciate the earth more...
It does not need to be pitch black we woul just need to put covers around the edges of street lights. That what two town in Colorado did
Light pollution covers, + a cut off time for light would produce this effect. What's important to note is that, coming from someone living in a LP1 zone, it won't look anything like this. Beautiful for sure, no or little colors, and oftentimes obscured. The best times to view it is in the summer when everyone has their lights on late at night unfortunately, so unless you're much more hillbilly than me you won't get to experience the core very well like you get to in this video.
what if I told you, you could see a whole another galaxy if light pollution wasn't in the way.
This isn't true though.
You can see the andromeda galaxy with the naked eye.
IlikeTRAINS55 watch it on UA-cam instead
You actually not only can see Andromeda (although it´s the biggest and brightest), but also M33 a spiral galaxy and also the two Magellanic Clouds of course.
Mootykins yes it is. I live in level 6 light pollution and I can STILL see Andromeda. It looks like a smudgy star. Just barely noticable. You have to look a little to the side of it but you can see it.
Back in those days when we had no inverters or generators and the lights used to go out in hot summer nights
I and my family used to go to the terrace and lay on mats facing straight up to the sky. And my child self was always amused by the huge beautiful galaxy of stars.
I miss those days, night skies show no stars.
This generation of humankind has stolen the happiness of the next generation.
The first time I went camping I was literally scared to look up at night, I had ZERO clue the sky could look like that and it was incredibly imposing and made me feel small and like i could not breath. Seeing even a hint of the Milky Way especially was shocking
it makes me feel bad that the sky in my video games look better then in real life.
Vault-Dweller Atheist that's why we dwell in the man made world
Is that sky from horizon?
the skies in horizon zero dawn look STUNNING
More reason to play games. Yay.
yup
For anyone watching in 2018 and beyond, the song is called " A Thousand Years" by David A. Molina
+Karson Daley, Sounds like it's mixed with the Interstellar theme.
Imagine being a Native American. Being able to look up every night and see the unfiltered sky. Imagine being able to look up and wonder about the Milky Way. About the universe. About where we are and why we’re here. That would be nice.
That would be so cool. We’re here to have a relationship with the Creator of that night sky
@@Lightquick77 Nobody created the night sky.
@Pat B good luck. You would cry to come back to this timeline.
And then there are flat earth believers :p
Charles Messier did his sky observations of all 110 Messier objects in the 1700s from downtown PARIS. Light pollution everywhere has gotten much worse.
Every time i watch this over and over again. My urge to escape light pollution and embrace the true beauty of the night sky grows.
Nov 18, 2022, at 19:48 uk time: mission accomplished :)
bortle 3 skies at Bury ditches in Shropshire. Its just Wonderful.
Same
Fkin hard bro. I’m doing this soon. The urge is strong.
Welp, time to watch interstellar for the 5th time.
Jamie Carter more like the 20th time for me...
50th for me
Third time.
Maybe tonight 4th Time
And i will look in 3D
Murf
Astral zone
On a regular basis I go out camping a least 200 KMS from the city and just spend the night watching the milky way drift past. I live in Australia, and we get to see more of the Milky Way than people in the Northern Hemisphere. It is a blast. And watching it long enough, you can tell the Earth is rotating as the Milky Way and stars move along. Just so beautiful.
So lucky u live in a such big yet empty area like aussie, it not gonna happen in java :(
I live in a very lightpoluted country and had the pleasure of seeing the night sky in bolivia in the atacama desert region. It was incredible. The most impressive thing I saw the entire trip. It was the first time I saw the milkyway and was incredibly impressed by it.
I never seen the sky like this in my life.
honestly thought it was fake bc I've never seen anything lower than lvl6 lol
"thought" lol... i know its real but im just implying i thought it was fake bc ive never seen anything below 6
I feel the same too lol, every night i look out the window, the sky is bright orange
+nadoeloiskat, it takes a good camera with good light gathering power, yes, but there are upper end consumer cameras that can do this. I have a Canon that I've used to shoot lunar eclipses, and it will pick up the sky like this. What you see in this video is what your eyes can see in the right location. It's not exaggerated.
nadoeloiskat probably light pollution
try going to a remote location
+nadoeloiskat, as I said in a separate post, you have to escape the urban blight. Getting "outside the city lights" isn't enough anymore. You have to get *away* from cities altogether, and yes, the higher the mountains the better. Night photos taken from the ISS show just how bad and how widespread our light pollution is these days.
I've been to the Maldives and I was sleeping really early so I can get up early and make the most of the day.. One day I went to a fishing trip and when the sun got down we headed back to the island.. It was then and there were I looked up and saw the universe.. I climbed up the boat and cried.. It was gorgeous... From that day till the end of my vocation I stayed up late watching the universe.. I which we can see that sky in the cities
You weren't watching the universe. You were watching only 0.00000000000...1% of the universe
@@AmitKumar-nq7wk it's crazy bro
@@AmitKumar-nq7wk That's still the universe. If I stare at a pebble on the street that is still a part of the universe. I am staring at the universe right now.
I am now living in a very crowded city for my job and studies, and the nightlife is very popular here. They turn the light on throughout the night and the pollution is very serious. I always miss my hometown. People go to their bed around 10 or 11 p.m. and the light streets are also very dim [It's okay, the crime cases are very low there]. The light pollution is relatively very low and I used to enjoy star gazing on every pleasant day.
And He(Allah) is the One Who has made the stars as your guide through the darkness of land and sea. We have already made the signs clear for people who know.
And He is the One Who originated you all from a single soul, then assigned you a place to live and another to ˹be laid to˺ rest. We have already made the signs clear for people who comprehend.
And He(Allah) is the One Who sends down rain from the sky-causing all kinds of plants to grow-producing green stalks from which We bring forth clustered grain. And from palm trees come clusters of dates hanging within reach. ˹There are˺ also gardens of grapevines, olives, and pomegranates, similar ˹in shape˺ but dissimilar ˹in taste˺. Look at their fruit as it yields and ripens! Indeed, in these are signs for people who believe.
Qur'an 6(95:99)
This is what our ancestors seen every clear night before the industrial revolution. Crazy to think the more advanced we become the more we lose our souls...
Level 7 is a super duper starry night here in NYC that'll make someone go "wow look how many stars are out tonight!"
the music was so much like Interstellar... wait. was it???
no
omg i thought i was the only one who realised that
it is interstellar's soundtrack,must have been mixed to make it sound different
Mixed by who? Is it free to use ?
Average Alien Yes it is
This shows how Thomas Edison led the world to light, but also made the world dark
This comment so perfectly describes it
Wasn't it Tesla that is the one we should thank for basically all electricity and a bunch of other stuff? Edison was just a cruel businessman and thief.
Feeling nostalgic...summer holidays and village....sleeping on the terrace at night and enjoying this marvelous sight
This is what i want to see before i die.
But in city is imsposibble
@@detectiveamevirus8 me to
@@farrel5937 nah what you from ?USA,EROPE?
so beautiful.. I wish I can someday see it myself
Khalid Alnajjar me too
Its not hard drive off into a rural area in your state about a 2 or 3 hour drive away from a city and just look up at the sky.
@@BigBladeFan even in the rural areas I can only see up till level 6 I have never seen anything below that
@@fade9209 oh I live in Illinois where we have an international dark park I believe it's darker then level 6.
@@BigBladeFan I'm a good 4 hours away from a city and I can only see level 6......
It is always feel so surreal when you look up to the night sky, it's endlessly beautiful, it makes us realize that we are so small in this big universe.
If anyone wonders, the music is David A. Molina - A Thousand Years.
where is my level 6 squad at?
Here
Nope level 7
Level 100😫
Bonifilio Soto what game
Level 1 noob
These pictures of the stars made me emotional. The night sky is amazing! I hope someday I'll be able to witness its beauty
no freaking wonder the stars had such a big place in the old days. you could actually see them and how beautyful it is.
That was so beautiful, I wish I could see it without light pollution, when I was a child the stars were visible just about every night. I tell my grand children how much clearer the sky was then, they really can,t comprehend it.
My favorite video on youtube, truly astonishing.
If you liked that video, you'll probably enjoy, "30 day timelapse at sea" it's really good and has 1 million likes. The day is peaceful, he recorded many sunsets and sunrises, and even storms. And at night there was no light pollution (obviously, since he was in the middle of the ocean) and saw many stars.
@@kileyslife7541 I saw that vid and that bought me here 🤣
Amazing footage, and a reminder of how bad light pollution has gotten. Go to *any* wilderness area that's enough miles from urban blight, and this is what you'll see. We've almost forgotten it's up there.
I've never seen the sky like this. It's hard for me to believe it's real...
I can remember as a child in the 50’s laying on the front porch looking up to the sky with my sisters and cousin, attempting to count the stars, and seeing the Big Dipper, and admiring other shapes forms in the sky made from the stars, I walk out on my porch now, and I miss that beauty.
Amazing footage. This looks absolutely beautiful!!
Agreed and I thought the LSD and sky was beautiful, LSD and Light Pollution Level 1 is where its at.
If the first thing you think about after seeing a beautiful sky is "LSD," you are pretty much hopeless. It's something that's supposed to take you inward and make you appreciate life as it is and not through some filter. How out of touch do you have to be, where you can't even enjoy reality without artificial enhancement. Truly sad...
I don't think that's always the case, some people respect the beauty of something while sober and also think it's beauty is amplified while under the influence of certain drugs.
why am i crying
I don't know. Why are you crying?
Cheer up Charlie!
:)
You’re having an emotional response to the the video and music together..
I want to see the band of the galaxy and want to see stars clearly but light pollution steals it all🥺🥺🥺
Yeah me too
Glad my childhood got to witness nights when I couldn't count the stars.
Oh my, I actually almost cried. It’s so beautiful... I live in CA and I never knew you could see a sight like this here...
Cali's a good place for stargazing / anything astronomy related compared to the east coast ! Nothing under Bortle 3 in Michigan, 4 for most of the east coast.
And, the interstellar 🪐 theme made it even more sad😔
Last night some areas in Indonesia are having blackouts. Unfortunately the sky was cloudy
@its impossible to make me angry sky are clear after rain in my place
Great video that every person should watch and understands the issue with light pollution,There should be some kind of petition to sign to preserve as much locations as possible
Hmm
I remember when I went to Mexico in the more rural area and seeing the stars for the very first time. It looked just like 2:00. That made me want to move as soon as possible!! I love the night sky 💜💜
Awesome video. This is why I love camping and adventuring so much. Cities are great, but that sky out in the wilderness is something everyone should experience. Please, get out there guys!
I have never seen any deep sky objects in my life. Unfortunately, financial situations have forced me to move just north of Indianapolis, which happens to be the largest and brightest city in the entire state. There are lights everywhere I turn. It saddens me to think that I have never even glimpsed the Andromeda Galaxy or the Milky Way, or more than 30 stars in the sky.
I am trying to tell my loved ones how beautiful is the night sky full of stars but most of the times no one seems to understand it. I hope someday someone will sit next to me and enjoy the view ❤️
Definitely there is a creator who created this universe....
This video made me cry, Now i wanna go somewhere remote to see no1 for myself
When I went out west with mt mom driving along the ET highway I saw more stars than I could ever image, and even some clouds. I had no idea you could see that with the naked eye. That same trip I went to death valley we didn't stay until night however, I'll also never forget this moment. As we were leaving we drove right into a huge rainstorm(this was in the summer too). After we drove out of it and death valley was behind us we saw a rainbow their that stretched across the horizon. The one time I went to death valley I experienced a rainstorm and a rainbow. What are the chances?
I remember when I was young I used to be able to look up and stare at the stars
I got teary eyed from this. Our galaxy is just so beautiful and we're ruining the view with pollution. Here in Flroida you can't see anything!
The glory of this brings me to tears every time I watch this. It may seem we are small and insignificant but we are part of something that is much much much bigger than than anyone can imagine.
It's so important that light pollution be addressed. It's often overshadowed by litter, air pollution, and water pollution. All need to be fixed.... Hello, how're you doing?
The Messenger Mohamed, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: The distance between the earth and the first heaven is a journey of 500 years. Between the first heaven and the second heaven is a journey of 500 years. Between the second heaven and the sixth heaven is a journey of 500 years. Between the third heaven and the fourth heaven is a journey of 500 years. Between the fourth heaven and the fifth heaven is a journey of 500 years. Between the fifth heaven and the sixth heaven is a journey of 500 years, and between the sixth heaven and the seventh heaven is a journey of 500 years.
And he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, says, and the seven heavens in the chair are only like a ring thrown into the desert, and the chair is what the Lord puts his feet on.
And the chair in the throne is only like a ring thrown in a desert land
The throne is the place where the Lord resides
First time I saw the night sky on my aunt's beach house backyard, I was floored. I saw the Milky Way and even had a hard time finding the Orion's belt amongst the seas of stars up there. Since then, I just look up at the night sky wistfully, hoping I could go back to my aunt and stargaze away like there's no tomorrow.
So you never found milky way after that
@@detectiveamevirus8 Nah, I lived in the cities. First time I ever saw a sunset too. Before that, I thought the glare was lessened on pictures and television.
@@elliotville7820 me never see milky way but only north malaysia can see sabah best way to look milky way
This just gets me appreciating the beauty that earth and space has to offer for us
It's so beautiful, I cry every time I watch this.
It's very sad. I remember in my younger years looking up and seeing the universe, the stars. Now years later in the same house I can't see anything due to light pollution
In the same house? That's insane. I'm only 12, and so I've never lived a time where you could see that amazing universe. Where I live, you'd be lucky to see 2 stars in the whole sky, on a clear night. Not kidding :(
@@kileyslife7541 i see 5
It's so important that light pollution be addressed. It's often overshadowed by litter, air pollution, and water pollution. All need to be fixed.... Hello, how're you doing?
When I look from the nighttime Its
completely dead
Why can’t we have a night of the year where all of the lights in the country are turned off for a said amount of time so we all can experience this
Im crying of happiness.... I never saw that many stars i only saw like 3-5
same
but i havent saw irl more than 6 stars
A friend just sent this to me this is very very 😢
Dani Newton it’s really emotional to me, and I agree. It is sad, it makes me wanna cry.